# 榕

| 榕 | U+6995, &#27029; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6995 |
| ← 榔 [U+6994] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 榖 → [U+6996] |

## Translingual
### Han character

榕 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木十金口 (DJCR), four-corner 4396$_8$, composition ⿰木容)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15228
* Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 36
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1270, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6995

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 螸 | *lo |
| 裕 | *loɡs |
| 容 | *loŋ |
| 溶 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 鎔 | *loŋ |
| 蓉 | *loŋ |
| 傛 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 褣 | *loŋ |
| 搈 | *loŋ |
| 瑢 | *loŋ |
| 嵱 | *loŋ |
| 熔 | *loŋ |
| 榕 | *loŋ |
| 塎 | *loŋʔ |
| 谷 | *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ |
| 唂 | *kloːɡ |
| 焀 | *ɡloːɡ |
| 俗 | *ljoɡ |
| 欲 | *loɡ |
| 浴 | *loɡ |
| 鵒 | *loɡ |
| 峪 | *ɦkloːɡ |
| 鋊 | *loɡ |
| 輍 | *loɡ |
| 慾 | *loɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loŋ): semantic 木 + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róng (rong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀ng / ṳ̀ng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng$^2$ / yeng$^2$ / soeng$^2$ / syeng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhêng / iông / chêng / siông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng$^5$ / iong$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róng
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róng
*** Wade–Giles: jung$^2$
*** Yale: rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
*** Palladius: жун (žun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^4$
*** Yale: yùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀ng / ṳ̀ng
*** Sinological IPA : /syŋ⁵³/, /yŋ⁵³/
* sṳ̀ng - colloquial;
* ṳ̀ng - literary.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 榕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4294 |
| Phonetic component | 谷 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 容 |
| Old Chinese | /*loŋ/ |

### Definitions

榕
* banyan tree
* Short for 榕城 (Róngchéng, “Fuzhou”).

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 榕樹, 榕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 榕樹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黃桷樹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 榕樹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 榕樹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 榕樹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 榕, 榕樹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 榕仔, 榕 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 榕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 榕仔, 榕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 榕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 榕樹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 榕仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 榕仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 榕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 榕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 榕仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 榕樹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 樹影 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 榕仔樹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 榕樹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 榕樹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 榕樹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 榕樹, 龍根, 龍樹 |

### Compounds

* 印度榕 (“Ficus elastica”)
* 垂榕 (“Ficus benjamina”)
* 孟加拉榕 (“Ficus benghalensis”)
* 榕仔 (“Ficus microcarpa”) (Hokkien)
* 榕仔鬚 / 榕仔须
* 榕城 (Róngchéng)
* 榕壇問業 / 榕坛问业
* 榕樹 / 榕树 (róngshù, “Ficus microcarpa”)
* 榕江 (Róngjiāng)
* 正榕 (“Ficus microcarpa”)
* 灑金榕 / 洒金榕 (“Codiaeum variegatum”)
* 細葉榕 / 细叶榕 (xìyèróng, “Ficus microcarpa”)
* 雀榕 (quèróng, “Ficus subpisocarpa”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よう (yō)
* Kun: あこう (akō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 榕
* あこう Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 榕 – see the following entry. :
| 【雀榕あこう】 | [noun] Ficus superba var. japonica Alternative spelling アコウ |
(This term, 榕, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

榕 (eum 용 (yong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

榕: Hán Nôm readings: dung
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#### References

* Nom Foundation